Avatar’s Star Wars Similarities Are Good News For Its Sequels
The parallels between James Cameron's Avatar and Star Wars, specifically Episode IV: A New Hope, promise a good future for Avatar: The Way of the Water and its following installments. It has taken a long time, but James Cameron's Avatar franchise is finally carrying on with 2022's Avatar: The Way of the Water. It would be an understatement to say that the expectations are high, as three more Avatar sequels are on the way.
Avatar earned a special place in movie history due to its revolutionary advancements in CGI and 3D technology, being a feature-length film that places humanoid aliens and human characters in the same otherworldly setting. Avatar's story has often been criticized for being too basic plot-wise, but it worked well enough to earn it the top spot at the all-time box office records. With groundbreaking visual effects, an alien world filled with potential for future sequels, and a basic yet universal story, 2009's Avatar is extremely similar to the first installment in another major sci-fi franchise.
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Like Avatar, George Lucas' 1977 space opera A New Hope focused on revolutionizing sci-fi with groundbreaking special effects and an extraordinary score, set design, and costume design. In terms of story, Episode IV delivered a straightforward version of the perennial Hero's Journey, which has been the template for countless stories throughout the ages and continues to influence fantasy to this day. A New Hope's main draw was its visual spectacle, which opened the door for much more rich and complex storylines, as it was only until its first sequel, The Empire Strikes Back, that George Lucasreally started to take risks with twists and
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